Philanthropy Panel Study

Inspires giving and volunteering

For more than a decade, the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy’s Philanthropy Panel Study (PPS), formerly known as the Center on Philanthropy Panel Study (COPPS), has tracked the philanthropic behaviors of families over their life course. PPS is part of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), the longest-running national panel study that has surveyed the same households since 1968.

The Philanthropy Panel Study is the nation’s first and only ongoing longitudinal study of philanthropic behaviors and attitudes. Following the same individuals and families throughout their lives, PPS tracks giving, volunteering, and factors that influence philanthropic practices across generations. As the leading and most accurate resource for measuring generational giving and volunteering in the United States, the PPS creates a database of knowledge that inspires change.

Shapes the future of philanthropy

The PPS provides insights that have an immediate, practical impact on nonprofit organizations, foundations, community leaders and policy makers. Its valuable insights strengthen philanthropy and allow us to examine dynamics, including generation-to-generation, year-to-year, as well as factors in childhood that influence adult giving.

Funding

The Philanthropy Panel Study is 100 percent supported by donations and grants to the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. Funding for the research has been provided by Atlantic Philanthropies Inc., Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the John Templeton Foundation, and other donors and funders. Research and analysis work has been supported through gifts and grants from Campbell & Company, Lilly Endowment Inc., W.K. Kellogg Foundation, and donations to the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy Research Fund.

For more information or to discuss PPS funding opportunities, please contact Dr. Una Osili, director of research, at uosili@iupui.edu.

Philanthropy Panel Study...

Increases understanding

of philanthropy and civic engagement and identifying means for encouraging that behavior, particularly for the next generation.

Strengthens the nonprofit sector

and helps foundations and nonprofit organizations improve service delivery and more effectivley fulfill their missions.

Provides timely information

that can inspire change and sustainable actions at the policy level to subsequently advance philanthropic activity around the world.

Empowers the next generation

by studying their priorities, values, and evolving approach to philanthropy.

PPS is the nation’s first and only ongoing longitudinal study of philanthropic behaviors